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Ferguson in Pictures: 10 Powerful Images

The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer on August 9 in Ferguson, Mo., has resulted in a modern-day civil rights clash. The incident, which has captured the attention of the entire country, has also resulted in protests everywhere from Ferguson to New York City's Times Square, and beyond.

The federal government has stepped in after over a week of tension and unrest. Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered an independent autopsy of Brown by a federal medical examiner. The FBI has sent dozens of agents to Ferguson for the federal investigation of the case. And today the Missouri governor called in the National Guard to help bring peace to a community that has looked more like a war zone for the past nine days.

Since the shooting, images from the St. Louis suburb have flooded our newsfeeds and television screens: from peaceful protestors holding their hands in the air (according to witnesses, Brown was shot with his hands up) in front of police in full riot gear to mourning members of the community attending church services to broken store windows and Molotov cocktails. It's hard not to be moved by these photos—they make clear that what is going on in Ferguson is about much more than just one shooting. Take, for instance these two images, juxtaposed by Twitter user @brennamuncy, showing the use of police dogs in a civil rights protest in 1963 and today.